So some of you may have seen this link from CRN - now this is where I absolutely love working for this company, whereby our software is spoken about in a manner that immediately brings it to life, and lets you know the impact we can have in society. Here is a snippet, but the full story can be seen here:
http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml;jsessionid=PHBPQEGOECCYMQSNDLRSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleId=192202593
Microsoft's Vista is still months from completion but it's already winning upbeat reviews from one of its first guinea pigs, a California research lab that's using a custom Vista application in its quest to unravel cancer.
The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, is working hand-in-hand with Microsoft Gold partner InterKnowlogy, which used the complete Vista and Office 2007 stack as the foundation of a tool it developed for modeling and annotating 3D structures. The project is one of the first to put Microsoft's fledgling technology to use in production systems.
"It's the bleeding edge," said InterKnowlogy CEO Tim Huckaby, "but the next version of SharePoint is so good it's worth the pain."
Another similar story that paints a great picture of how software really can help turn intelligence into insight is the following:
Council uses Search to drive business efficiency:
http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2161749/council-uses-search-drive